Robin Hood hits another panto bull’s-eye Eyemouth Youth Theatre Group appear to have another hit panto on their hands with the tale of Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood. On a wet and blustery night, the people of Eyemouth and beyond flocked to take shelter in the group’s recreation of Sherwood Forest. And […]
Hello Dolly – The Berwickshire News
Back in 1993 Eyemouth Variety Group made tentative steps into the realms of musical theatre with ‘Hello Dolly’ and oh how the group and the show have aged well. The all singing, all dancing story of socialite and romantic meddler Dolly Levi was a hit in the town two decades ago and proved to be […]
Dick Whittington by Eyemouth Youth Theatre
Well folks, they’ve done it again. Eyemouth Community Youth Theatre have set a very high bar as the first group to throw their hat into this year’s panto ring. Producers Pauline Grieve and Andrea Thacker and their spritely band of youngsters have proven in the past that their all singing all dancing affairs can light […]
Audiences tune into delightful Sound of Music
There’s been need for some warm woollen mittens of late but Eyemouth Variety Group provided a drop of golden sun last week with their production of ‘The Sound of Music’. It’s one of the best loved musicals of all time so there’s sure to be people ready to pick fault had the local ensemble not […]
The Steamie – NODA Review
A new venture for EDVTG. This is the first time I’ve reviewed The Steamie in our District although I have seen it performed before. This little gem written by Tony Roper can truly pack in the audiences and that’s just what the company did on both nights regardless of the snow fall. The female cast […]
Peter Pan – The Berwickshire News
Review: Theatre Group fly high with Peter Pan EYEMOUTH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY YOUTH THEATRE GROUP: ‘PETER PAN’ THIS talented bunch were the first to throw their hat into the local panto ring last week and my did they hey set a high standard for others to follow. With some of the best chart hits from […]
Beauty & the Beast – Berwickshire News – 2012
Cast leave audience in awe with visually stunning and superbly performed musical, writes Simon Duke IT’s the tale as old as time…true as it can be in fact, and last week ‘Beauty and the Beast’ was given the Eyemouth Variety Group treatment. There was great anticipation in the air as a sell-out audience took their […]
Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates – Noda Review
Last Years Utopia Youth Award winners have once again come up with a thoroughly entertaining pantomime from script writer Alan Frayn, being expertly directed and produced by Pauline Grieve and Andrea Thacker. With all their usual flare and enthusiasm to involve as many children on stage as possible and include their audience in as much […]
1 Nite Only A Celebration of the Musicals – Noda Review
Reviewed by: Deborah Lyons on Friday 1 July 2011 Venue: Eyemouth High School, Eyemouth Type of Production: Concert/Revue Producer/Director: Andrea Thacker and Pauline Grieve Show Report To coincide with the local festival this enthusiastic youth group once again came up trumps with a thoroughly entertaining concert. With excerpts from Hairspray, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia!, Grease, […]
A proper Cockney knees up
I was one of many people who walked up the ‘apples and pears’ to the entrance of the old Eyemouth High School last Thursday for the opening night of Eyemouth Variety Group’s latest production. Now doing some pre-show research I quickly discovered that the show which first opened in London in 1937 wasn’t one I […]
